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Art Institute fashion show

March 06, 2013 The Art Institute of Charleston presented its first runway show Friday night in celebration of “Branching Out” into fashion design. Attendees walked a red carpet and enjoyed refreshments prior to the start of the show featuring four designers: Raphael Cox, a contestant on Season 9 of “Project Runway”; Vartika Vikram, an emerging designer at Charleston Fashion Week 2012; Julie Wheat of Cavortress, an emerging designer at Charleston Fashion Week 2011 and a faculty member at the Art Institute; and Ashley Martin of Clewis Reid, an emerging designer at Charleston Fashion Week 2008 and a faculty member at the Art Institute.